Vineyard 28 Dolcetto 2022

Dolcetto is the workhorse of Piedmont lunchtime drinking

Dolcetto

$56.00

Quantity

Learn More

Red Fruit, Black Fruit, and Pepper / Spice, Sweet Spice

BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Very Dry
ACIDITY: Medium
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): High (More than 14%)

Origin: Western Australia (Margaret River, Swan Valley & More), Australia

Grape Varietals:
Dolcetto

Winemaking:
Minimal Intervention
Crushed, Extended Skin Contact, and Malolactic Fermentation

Maturation: 7-12 Months Stainless Steel Tanks

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Pair with bbq meats and mushrooms, cottage pie, or gourmet burgers.

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Chinese pork stew, Korean BBQ or bulgogi.

Vineyard 28

With vines first planted in 1998, ’28’ is the colloquial name for the Port Lincoln Ringneck in WA, apparently due to their contact call – a whistled “twen-ty-eight” which can be heard across the south-west forests.

Description

Vineyard 28 Dolcetto 2022

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Dolcetto from Geographe, Australia. Dolcetto is a black Italian grape variety widely grown in the Piedmonte Region, Italy. The grape is widely known for its low levels of acidity and tendency to be ready for an early harvest compared with its other Piedmontese counterparts – Barbera and Nebbiolo.

Taste Profile: Deep raspberry in hue with a palate of black cherries and liquorice, a dry and scrumptious red wine, with mouth filling savoury tannins

Winemaking Process: The fruit was crushed and destemmed, then transferred to an open fermenter. Once the ferment was established, the skins were plunged every 6 hours. The ferment was kept under 30 degrees C till dryness was achieved. Prior to completion of the ferment the wine was inoculated with a MLF bacteria. The wine was then left a further 7 days on skins after ferment was completed.

Bright & Easy Reds

Easy drinking red wines with bright fruit aromas and low tannins. The wines are often released without much aging in tank, oak barrels or bottle, and are meant to be drunk early

These wines typically can be nejoyed without food, and are usually served cooler. They can be light bodied wines like Beaujolais, or light extraction styles that do not emphasize tannin & color extraction